2024年8月20日 · The Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha ludens or Mexfly) is a serious agricultural pest. It can infest more than 50 types of fruits and vegetables, particularly citrus and mango. The damage makes crops inedible and unmarketable.

ABOUT THE MEXICAN FRUIT FLY. Female fruit flies lay their eggs in ripening fruit. The eggs hatch into larvae that eat the flesh of the fruit, causing it to rot. Fruit that has been attacked may be unfit to eat. Larvae feed while tunneling through the interior of infested fruits.

2022年7月3日 · Fruit flies eat a diet that consists of fruits and some other sugary substances, and they are predominantly omnivores. They puncture the skin of overripe fruit and vegetables to eat and lay their eggs. Fruit flies commence feeding as soon as they hatch from the eggs.

The Mexican fruit fly is an important agricultural pest in Mexico and parts of Central America where it readily attacks citrus, mango, avocado and a wide variety of other fruits. A large number of commercially grown crops in California would be threatened by the introduction of this pest, including peach, avocado, orange, grapefruit and pear.

The Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens (Loew), is a very serious pest of various fruits, particularly citrus and mango, in Mexico and Central America. Its natural distribution includes the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, where populations routinely attain pest status if …

The Mexican fruit fly can lay its eggs in and infest more than 50 types of fruits and vegetables, severely impacting California agricultural exports and backyard gardens alike. For more information on the pest, please see the pest profile at: www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/go/MexFly .

2008年10月23日 · The Mexican fruit fly (MFF) is among the world’s most destructive pests and can destroy many types of fruit, including oranges, grapefruits, apples, peaches and pears. • Female fruit flies lay their eggs in ripening fruit. The eggs hatch into larvae that eat the flesh of the fruit, causing it to rot. •

The Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens, is of quarantine importance to the Caribbean. Traveling north from Mexico to Texas and California, it is rarely found in Florida. Newly hatched larvae eat and burrow into the pulp of the fruit, taking on the color of their food so that when small they are easily overlooked.

M obilization of infested fruit Natur al d ispersal of the pest Preventive measures In 1992, the National Campaign against Fruit Flies (CNFM, in Spanish) was implemented in Mexico to control, suppress and eradicate the pest. The campaign includes the following actions: Trap-based monitoring -Sampling of fruits The following control methods:

Each year, the pest enters the Lower Rio Grande Valley’s 27,000 acres of commercial citrus crops from south of the border and attacks more than 40 different kinds of fruits. Damage occurs when the female fly lays eggs in the fruit, which then hatch into larvae, making the fruit unmarketable.